Export PDF as separate pages

[ymugmike]

Until Serif include this requirement in to their Publisher program, Mac users may find this work round worth installing -

http://www.documentsnap.com/how-to-split-pdf-documents-into-single-pages-using-mac-osx/

The zip file is at the end.

Works very well.

[Hallo Neuer]

On 12/2/2020 at 6:29 PM, ymugmike said:

Until Serif include this requirement in to their Publisher program, Mac users may find this work round worth installing -

http://www.documentsnap.com/how-to-split-pdf-documents-into-single-pages-using-mac-osx/

The zip file is at the end.

Works very well.

THANKS A HELL OF A LOT for sharing this :)

Ill also dance a little when it gets implemented into publisher, but thats for sure a quite nice way to go !

[RGBear]

Hello, to export PDF in separated pages use the "Export Persona" in Affinity Designer.

[ymugmike]

Please provide more details on which settings to use in the Designer Persona that will enable separate PDF pages to be saved from a multipage document.

[Pšenda]

27 minutes ago, RGBear said:

Hello, to export PDF in separated pages use the "Export Persona" in Affinity Designer.

However, this is not applicable for exporting pages.

[RGBear]

3 hours ago, ymugmike said:

Please provide more details on which settings to use in the Designer Persona that will enable separate PDF pages to be saved from a multipage document.

1 - Export the PDF with Publisher.

2 - Open the generated PDF with Designer (every page becomes an artboard)

3 - Go to "Export Persona"

4 - Select all the pages

5 - Set the preset to PDF (choose the one you need for printing o web)

6 - Export Slices

[loukash]

9 minutes ago, RGBear said:

Open the generated PDF with Designer (every page becomes an artboard)

Amazing workaround!

[ymugmike]

Sorry to say I still cannot get this to work in Designer. Think I will stay with my earlier workaround.

[TreeAngel]

I am trialling Affinity Publisher and was about to purchase after having a brilliant experience putting a 200-page document together. Easy, intuitive, a joy to use and then ... unable to export facing spreads as single pages. This lack of functionality is a deal breaker for me. In case people wonder why, among many reasons (e.g. printers often requiring this), it is also a requirement of Amazon KPD for self-publishing authors. I would have thought the latter is a major market for this app, but without being able to easily match the main market's requirements, this is a serious flaw. Very sad as I feel I will have to continue my search for an InDesign alternative.

[ymugmike]

Did you see the comment from above?

Check out this link. You can download the workaround as a .zip file t the end.

I now use this all the time on my Mac.

https://www.documentsnap.com/how-to-split-pdf-documents-into-single-pages-using-mac-osx/

[walt.farrell]

4 hours ago, TreeAngel said:

unable to export facing spreads as single pages.

You should have an option in the. Export dialog. It will default to All Spreads, but you can change that to All Pages. 

(Note: That is not what this topic is about. This topic is about getting individual PDF files, one per page. But I think you simply want the All Pages option that is already there.)

[ymugmike]

Hi Walt,

We really need the easy option built in to Affinity Publisher to export as individual pages. Already in Quark Xpress.

I am including a screenshot to illustrate what should be possible.

Regards.

[walt.farrell]

1 minute ago, ymugmike said:

We really need the easy option built in to Affinity Publisher to export as individual pages. Already in Quark Xpress.

I don't disagree. But I was responding to @TreeAngel who, I believe, just needs the option that's already present.

[ymugmike]

From Tree Angel …"unable to export facing spreads as single pages".

If you can directly me where it is possible in Affinity Publisher to export as individual pages, I would be pleased to learn.

Regards

[MEB]

Hi @ymugmike,
In the Export dialog, Area dropdown switch from All Spreads to All Pages.

[PaulEC]

As has been said elsewhere, it really is puzzling why the default is All Spreads, rather than All Pages, with no way to permanently change it! 🙁

[ymugmike]

Hi MEB and PaulEC,

Just tried the settings and it worked. Not sure what I have been doing wrong before, although I have been using the 'fix' for some time and Affinity have released updates since then.

It does not appear to default to the last settings, so need to change to All Pages every time. Is there a setting to keep this?

Also, as I export in greyscale, from opening a new template and filling with information ready for printing, while the screen images are all greyscale, I always have to remember to select <More><Convert image colour spaces>. Is there a setting to keep these?

Thanks

[TreeAngel]

Yes, yes, yes - that's exactly it. Apologies to the brilliant developers at Affinity. The feature is there already, but the default is spreads. Simply select page rather than spread in the output dialogue. It seems that this thread was outdated as there is not even a fix required - perhaps better help or a more obvious choice for users. Any, thanks for the help all.

[walt.farrell]

20 minutes ago, ymugmike said:

Is there a setting to keep this?

No.

21 minutes ago, ymugmike said:

Also, as I export in greyscale, from opening a new template and filling with information ready for printing, while the screen images are all greyscale, I always have to remember to select <More><Convert image colour spaces>. Is there a setting to keep these?

Create your own Export Preset. You'll find a Manage Presets option under More....

[ymugmike]

Thanks Walt. That deals with the converting colour spaces, but the default export under <Area:> is still 'All Spreads' rather having the option to keep 'All Pages' (ie the last used setting).

Regards

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, ymugmike said:

but the default export under <Area:> is still 'All Spreads' rather having the option to keep 'All Pages' (ie the last used setting).

Right. That's why I answered "no" to that question

[PaulEC]

I'm sure it depends on what you are doing, but in many years of producing various types of PDFs, I could probably count on one hand the number of times I have wanted to have two page spreads in a PDF! The only usage case I can think of would be for a few eBooks (eg, ones with an image spanning the spread.).

I'd really like to know the logic behind this setting and why Serif consider all spreads to be more useful (?) or needed more often (?) than all pages output. FWIW, I've dealt with a number of pro printers over the years and none of them have ever wanted me to supply two page spreads (or, come to that, all the pages as single files nor as imposed pages!). They invariably want the PDF "as is" and they look after the layout for printing.

[Old Bruce]

I too would like to see the ability to have Pages not Spreads be a sticky setting or have it saved in a Preset.

I will use the PDF reader's ability to stitch two pages into one spread on the occasions that I want to view the spread. 

[DanB]

Going back to this thread's topic - that is exporting each page to a separate PDF - I understand this is a feature request (but please let me know if it is currently possible).

I have used the data merge option to create an 80-page document with individual customised certificates. I would now like to export each page to a separate PDF file, ideally using one of my data merge fields as the filename. I think it would make sense for this to be part of the data merge manager.

[walt.farrell]

34 minutes ago, DanB said:

I have used the data merge option to create an 80-page document with individual customised certificates. I would now like to export each page to a separate PDF file, ideally using one of my data merge fields as the filename. I think it would make sense for this to be part of the data merge manager.

The closest you can come in the Affinity suite, I think, is:

1. Export to PDF in Publisher.

2. Open the PDF in Designer, where each page will become an Artboard.

3. Use the Export Persona to export each Artboard as a PDF file.